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mycorrhizal

American  
[mahy-ker-ahyz-uhl] / ˌmaɪ kərˈaɪz əl /

adjective

  1. Botany. relating to, having the characteristics of, or involving mycorrhiza.


Other Word Forms

  • non-mycorrhizal adjective

Example Sentences

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The fungi, known as mycorrhizal, form partnerships with tree roots and act as underground support networks, helping trees access nutrients and water in exchange for carbon.

From BBC

Samples will be taken from the site for analysis to identify the different kinds of mycorrhizal in the soil.

From BBC

Ready or not, the 5,000 or so plants have to go because the wildlife crossing over the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills is ready to receive them, with its special, once lifeless soil that was brought to life with inoculations of the same microbes and mycorrhizal fungi that thrive in soil of the surrounding hills.

From Los Angeles Times

Lyndsay Jaimeson is business manager at Mycorrhizal Systems, which has been helping growers wanting to branch out into truffles.

From BBC

More galling than that is knowing she accidentally awakens that herd, which chases her at first before pivoting towards Jackson, where tendrils of the mycorrhizal network, unifying whatever passes for the horde’s hive mind, have activated in the town’s sewers.

From Salon